Uganda state oil firm signs fuel sales deals with 80 marketers

Fuel tanks queue in Butaleja District, Eastern Uganda on May 16, 2024. MICHEAL KAKUMRIZI | NMG

As it recovers from the hiccups linked to the route in Kenya – which threatened its fuel supply monopoly – Uganda National Oil Company (Unoc) on Tuesday signed sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) with the market’s biggest fuel dealers, in contracts that will tie over 80 oil marketers in Uganda to the State-owned firm for the long term. 

This development follows the recent signing of the tripartite agreement between the governments of Uganda, Kenya, and Unoc at State House in Nairobi, with the first products expected next month, officials said.